همکاری با انجمن روان‌شناسی صنعتی و سازمانی ایران

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 کارشناس ارشد روان‌شناسی صنعتی و سازمانی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران

2 دکتری روان‌شناسی، دانشگاه شهید چمران اهواز، اهواز، ایران

چکیده

پژوهش حاضر با هدف بررسی رابطه سن ذهنی با خشنودی شغلی، تعهد سازمانی و بهزیستی شغلی با نقش میانجی‌گر قدردانی از تجارب کاری انجام شد. طرح پژوهش حاضر توصیفی از نوع همبستگی بود. جامعه آماری پژوهش شامل تمامی کارکنان یک شرکت صنعتی در اهواز بوده است. به‌ منظور به دست آوردن نمونه‌ای که بیشتر معرف جامعه باشد، با استفاده از روش نمونه‌گیری تصادفی طبقه‌ای نمونه‌ای شامل 203 نفر انتخاب گردید. جهت اندازه‌گیری متغیرهای مورد مطالعه، از ابزارهای خودگزارشی شامل مقیاس سن ذهنی (محقق‌ساخته)، سیاهه رویدادهای کار و زندگی براب، مقیاس خشنودی شغلی وار و همکاران، مقیاس تعهد سازمانی ماودی و همکاران و مقیاس بهزیستی کارکنان ژنگ و همکاران استفاده شد. تحلیل داده‌های پژوهش با استفاده از الگویابی معادلات ساختاری (SEM) و با کمک نرم‌افزار AMOS-22 انجام گرفت. جهت بررسی روابط غیرمستقیم، از روش بوت استراپ استفاده شد. نتایج نشان داد که الگوی نهایی پس از حذف مسیرهای مستقیم غیرمعنی‌دار (سن ذهنی به خشنودی شغلی، تعهد سازمانی و بهزیستی شغلی)، از برازش مطلوبی برخوردار است. همچنین نتایج حاکی از آن بود که قدردانی از تجارب کاری میانجی‌گر رابطه بین سن ذهنی با خشنودی شغلی، تعهد سازمانی و بهزیستی شغلی است.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

The Relatioship of Subjective Age with Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, and Job Well-Being: Mediating Role of Recognition of Work Experiences

نویسندگان [English]

  • Montaha Mosavi 1
  • Noori Kaabomeir 2

1 MA of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

2 PhD of Psychology, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

چکیده [English]

Introduction
Age is one of the demographic characteristics that has been studied as one predictor variable in many studies. In addition to focusing on the chronological age or actual age of the individual, the researchers have also studied the concept of subjective age (perceived age). When people feel younger than their chronological age, their health, vitality, and productivity will increase. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship of subjective age with job satisfaction, organizational commitment and job well-being considering the mediating role of recognition of work experiences.
Method
The research design is descriptive correlational design. The statistical population of the study consisted of all employees of an industrial company in Ahvaz. A sample of 203 individuals was selected using a stratified random sampling method to obtain the most representative sample. To measure the variables of study, self-report instruments include Subjective Age Questionnaire (researcher-made), Work and Life Events Inventory (Berube, 2010), Job Satisfaction Scale (Warr et al., 1979), Organizational Commitment Scale (Mowday et al., 1979), and Employee Well-Being Scale (Zheng et al., 2015) were used. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling (SEM) using AMOS-22 software. Also, in this study, the Bootstrap method was used to determine the significance of indirect paths.
 
Results
The results showed that the research proposed model fit indices are sufficiently desirable. However, a better fit in the final model was achieved by eliminating non-significant direct paths (subjective age to job satisfaction, subjective age to organizational commitment, subjective age to job well-being). Also, the results of the Bootstrap for indirect paths showed that all indirect paths are significant; in other words, recognition of work experiences mediates the relationship between subjective age with job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job well-being.
 
Discussion
Overall, given the positive impact of recognition work experiences on important job outcomes such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job well-being, it is suggested to managers to consider programs in their management process to identify and appreciate employees' work experiences. Also, given the findings of this study on the importance of recognition work experiences, it is suggested that managers appreciate older employees who voluntarily share their work experiences.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • subjective age
  • recognition of work experience
  • job satisfaction
  • organizational commitment
  • job well-being
 
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